Related Words for desertification

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WordSyllablesCategories
salinization
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Noun, Noun
overgrazing
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Noun
deforestation
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Noun
aridity
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Noun
afforestation
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Noun
droughts
/
Noun
desiccation
xx/x
Noun
desert
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Noun
erosion
x/x
Noun
overpopulation
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Noun
overexploitation
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Noun
eutrophication
/xx/x
Noun
evaporation
xxx/x
Noun
subsidence
x/x
Noun
encroachment
x/x
Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
dehydration
xx/x
Noun
urbanization
xxx/x
Noun
degradation
xx/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
dryness
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Noun
barrenness
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Noun
acidification
xxxx/x
Noun
intensification
xxxx/x
Noun
starvation
x/x
Noun
semiarid
xx/x
Noun
vegetation
xx/x
Noun
overfishing
/xxx
Noun
marginalization
xxxx/x
Noun
famine
/x
Noun
urbanisation
/xx/x
Noun
exacerbation
xxx/x
Noun
rangelands
/x
Noun
malnutrition
xx/x
Noun
depletion
x/x
Noun
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
pollution
x/x
Noun
dispossession
xx/x
Noun
worsening
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Verb
steppes
/
Noun
disease
x/
Noun
desolation
xx/x
Noun
devastation
xx/x
Noun
destabilization
xxxx/x
Noun
revegetation
xxx/x
Noun
reforestation
xxx/x
Noun
endangerment
x/xx
Noun
climate
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Noun
biodiversity
xxx/xx
Noun
greening
/x
Noun
wastelands
/x
Noun
thinning
/x
Noun
grassland
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Noun
depopulation
xxx/x
Noun
eradication
xxx/x
Noun
wildfires
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Noun
degeneration
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Noun
transpiration
xx/x
Noun
destruction
x/x
Noun
nomadism
/xxx
Noun
undernutrition
xxx/x
Noun
stagnation
x/x
Noun
irreversible
xx/xx
Adjective
reclamation
xx/x
Noun
gentrification
xxx/x
Noun
dryland
/x
Noun
glaciation
xx/x
Noun
amelioration
xxx/x
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
sahel
xx
Name
desertion
x/x
Noun
denudation
x//x
Noun
withering
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Noun
desalination
xxx/x
Noun
landscaping
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Noun
gardening
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Noun
regionalization
/xxx/x
Noun
irrigation
xx/x
Noun
combating
x/x
Verb
anthropogenic
xxx/x
Adjective
warming
/x
Noun
atlas
/x
Noun
halting
/x
Verb
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
sahara
x/x
Name
reversing
x/x
Verb
convention
x/x
Noun
eventual
x/xx
Adjective
widespread
//
Adjective
global
/x
Adjective
creeping
/x
Verb
threatens
/x
Verb
severe
x/
Adjective
moderate
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Adjective
conference
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Noun
monitoring
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Verb
progressive
x/x
Adjective
rapid
/x
Adjective
floods
/
Noun
affected
x/x
Verb
fight
/
Noun
causes
/x
Noun
indicators
/xxx
Noun
undergoing
xx/x
Verb
spreading
/x
Verb
advancing
x/x
Verb
contributing
x/xx
Verb
due
/
Adjective
preventing
x/x
Verb
mapping
/x
Noun
extensive
x/x
Adjective
controlling
x/x
Verb
further
/x
Adjective
suffering
/xx
Verb
threat
/
Noun
increasing
x/x
Verb
implementation
xxx/x
Noun
zones
/
Noun
process
/x
Noun
africa
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Name
abandonment
x/xx
Noun
attrition
x/x
Noun, Verb
commercialization
xxxx/x
Noun
commodification
x/xx/x
Noun
disinvestment
xx/x
Noun
diversification
xxxx/x
Noun
feminization
/xx/x
Noun
impoverishment
x/xx
Noun
internationalization
xxxxxx/x
Noun
militarization
/xxx/x
Noun
sand
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
slowdown
/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
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Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
dialect
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Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective